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Outlaw God
The Outlaw God podcast is about moving from theological speculation to proclamation. Featuring Dr. Steven Paulson and co-hosted by Caleb Keith.
Episodes
Outlaw GodSpirit and Sacrament Set Up (HWSS26 Live)
In this episode of Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith introduce Luther's Outlaw God, Volume 3, which focuses on the Holy Spirit and the…
Outlaw GodAbsolute Assurance
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue exploring Martin Luther's discovery of what the sacraments really do…
Outlaw GodSacraments Not Signs
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss how Luther's mentor, Johann von Staupitz, helped shape his understanding…
Outlaw GodAn Introduction to the Augsburg Confession
Learn the history, context, and significance of the Augsburg Confession, and discover why this foundational document became a defining statement of the…
Outlaw GodProfanity and Predestination
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue talking about Martin Luther and his mentor Johann von Staupitz. They…
Outlaw GodStinky Cheese Theology
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith talk about different ways Christians understand the theology of the cross. They…
Outlaw GodPromise and Presence
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss the presence of Jesus Christ and why it is central to Lutheran theology…
Outlaw GodLoving the Law
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their discussion of Luther's "new Kabbalah" and how mysticism can…
Outlaw GodTrying to turn accusation into approval
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their discussion of Luther's critique of mysticism and the "new…
Outlaw GodFaith Not Feelings
In this episode of the Outlaw God Podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their discussion of Luther's "new Kabbalah" and his critique of…
Outlaw GodLifeless Lord's Supper
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson explore Luther's break from Platonic and mystical ideas of revelation, especially the belief…
Outlaw GodMystical Means
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson continue exploring Luther's "new Kabbalah" and his rejection of mystical approaches to God…
Outlaw GodWhen God Commands Promise
In the episode of the Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith explore Luther's Reformation breakthrough and how it was rooted in the distinction between…
Outlaw GodChrist the Hated God
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson begin a new chapter by discussing Luther's "New Kabbalah" and what it reveals about the…
Outlaw GodNo Longer Fighting God
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their discussion of Psalm 51, exploring why Christians continue to hear absolution…
Outlaw GodRepentance Realization
Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith explore why Lutherans place public absolution at the center of worship and how it differs from approaches that emphasize…
Outlaw GodFaith Creates God?
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson discuss Luther's famous and often misunderstood phrase, "faith creates God," from his…
Outlaw GodLaw of Love
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their conversation on Luther's lectures on Psalm 51, showing how true repentance is…
Outlaw GodDavid Dilemma
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson explore what it means to "pray against yourself" through Psalm 51, showing how David learns…
Outlaw GodThe Conjunction Conundrum
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith explore Martin Luther's idea of the "conjunction of the incompatible," showing how Christ…
Outlaw GodJust vs. Justifier
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their examination of Psalm 51, showing how David's confession reveals the total…
Outlaw GodCreator of Compatibility
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their exploration of Psalm 51, focusing on David's confession that sin is not…
Outlaw GodJudge or Justifier?
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their exploration of Psalm 51, examining how David's encounter with Nathan reveals…
Outlaw GodDavid the Theodidact
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson explore Luther's understanding of being "Theodidact" — taught by God through the…
Outlaw GodReal Repentance
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith conclude their series on repentance by contrasting legal repentance with…
Outlaw GodDisastrous Directions
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith examine Luther's teaching on Psalm 51 to contrast medieval "legal repentance" with true…
Outlaw GodEvangelical Repentance
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their discussion of Psalm 51 by looking at repentance. Dr. Paulson explains how…
Outlaw GodJustifying God
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss the evangelical doctrine of sin, contrasting it with medieval and modern approaches…
Outlaw GodRemembering and Repenting
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson continue their exploration of Psalm 51 by examining the question, "What is sin?" The…
Outlaw GodWith and Without God's Word
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson turn to Psalm 51 to explore sin, repentance, and the human will. Drawing on…
Outlaw GodChrist in the Cleft
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson return to Moses in the cleft of the rock to clarify what Scripture means by the glory of God…
Outlaw GodDavid's Last Words
In this episode of Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson explore the unity of Scripture and the proper distinction between Law and Gospel. Paulson…
Outlaw GodFree Faith Not Free Will (HWSS 25)
In this episode, Dr. Steven Paulson speaks at the most recent Here We Still Stand Conference on Martin Luther's teaching in The Bondage of the Will. He…
Outlaw GodDivine Election through Preaching
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue discussing the story of Joseph and how it has been used to explain divine election…
Outlaw GodWhen Suffering Replaces Preaching
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson examine the story of Joseph in the pit and how it has been used in Christian…
Outlaw GodPerfecting Pain
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Steven Paulson look into the themes of suffering and atonement as discussed in 1 Corinthians. They…
Outlaw GodMysticism Through Suffering
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson continue their look into suffering, the theology of the cross, and the historical context…
Outlaw GodSuffering As a Means of Faith?
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith examine Christian views of suffering and critiques the common idea that God sends hardship to…
Outlaw GodPlainly Speaking and Preaching
On this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue to look at 2 Corinthians 3, where Paul contrasts the ministries of Moses and the…
Outlaw GodMoses Accuses and Kills
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Steven Paulson finally arrive at 2 Corinthians Chapter 3, discussing the distinction between law and…
Outlaw GodAttack on Grace
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson continue to talk about the theological implications of Moses' encounter with God…
Outlaw GodGod's Presence, Favor and Glory
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson continue their discussion on Moses and Mysticsm. They explore the significance of…
Outlaw GodSublimation Message
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss the theological implications of divine favor, exploring Martin Luther's perspectives…
Outlaw GodFollowing God's Backside
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look into the themes of mysticism, the nature of God's law, and the relationship between…
Outlaw GodThe Infinite Law
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their conversation on the relationship between mysticism and the law…
Outlaw GodMinistry of Death
In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith explore the complexities of the biblical narrative surrounding Moses…
Outlaw GodNegative Theology
In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steve Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss Moses and mysticism, exploring how the story of Moses has been interpreted through the…
Outlaw GodYear End Announcement from 1517
As we close out 2025, 1517 and the Podcast Network are asking listeners to support our mission to declare and defend the good news that you are forgiven and…
Outlaw GodWritten vs Spoken
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith focus on Paul's interpretation of Moses in 2 Corinthians. They explore the differences…
Outlaw GodThe Goals of Mysticism
Summary In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look into the complexities of the law as presented in Exodus 20, particularly through…
Outlaw GodDoctrine vs. Preaching
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb keith discuss the transition from the Garden of Eden to the teachings of Moses, focusing on the…
Outlaw GodImperatives and Indicatives (HWSS25)
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Caleb Keith and Dr. Steven Paulson dive into the theological debate between Martin Luther and Erasmus, focusing on the…
Outlaw GodSpecial Episode: Bondage Of The Will
In this special episode of Outlaw God, Steven Paulson, Caleb Keith are joined by Scott Keith to look at the Bondage of the Will. This discussion serves as an…
Outlaw GodThreat and Accusation
In this episode of Outlaw God, Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their conversations on misunderstanding Law and Gospel, misconceptions of free will and…
Outlaw GodSecond Use of the Gospel?
In this episode of Outlaw God, hosts Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look into the theological implications of the fall of Adam and Eve. They explore the…
Outlaw GodProclamation Not Speculation
In this episode of Outlaw God, hosts Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look into the theological implications of law and gospel as presented in Genesis. They…
Outlaw GodThe Law Before Sin
In this episode of the Outlaw God, hosts Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith delve into the theological implications of the law before sin, exploring Luther's…
Outlaw GodSilencing God's Law
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look at the mystical interpretations of Psalm 18, focusing on the phrase "God made darkness…
Outlaw GodMysticism's Silence of the Lamb
In this episode of the Outlaw God, Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith look at Martin Luther's interpretation of Psalm 18 and connects it back to Acts 17. They…
Outlaw GodHide and Seek with God
On this episode of The Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith and continue discussing Luther's early engagement with mysticism, Augustine and the…